Word: eye
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Yankee Monet. The world became permeable. Patterns, arcs, straight lines, enclosures and tangencies now became the syntax of Kelly's formal language, in painting as in sculpture. He did not, in short, start from geometry. Thus Relief with Blue, 1950, whose flaring curves channel the eye into a pale blue slot like a narrow doorway, was suggested by the drapery of a set for Jean-Louis Barrault's production of Hamlet, which Kelly saw in Paris. Other paintings evolved from sketches Kelly made of arches reflected in the Seine, of water ripples, or of shadows on the metal...
Only when Kelly denies his work this imagery of encounter and compression does it lean to dullness, as in a set of large rectangular panels, each painted one flat primary color, which have the look of august and boring decoration and cannot hold the eye...
...reason for the enthusiasm may be that McDonald's employees who work hard can go high quickly in the expanding business. President Turner started frying hamburgers at Kroc's first franchise near Chicago in 1956. He rose so rapidly as an "operations man," keeping an eye on new stores, that he never had time to claim the license that Kroc promised him. McDonald's also pays close attention to suggestions from behind the counter. Several of the chain's new products have originated in the minds of low-ranking employees. Among them: Egg McMuffin...
Restic must of course find a replacement for Mark Ferguson at the outside linebacker spot. At present no one has the inside track on the position, either from eye-opening talent or experience. Jon Hall, John Keough and Eric Kurzweil all have a shot, and a dark horse could be Brian Baslik. Baslik, a rough and tumble performer his freshman year, is returning to Harvard this Fall after a year off. Despite the question mark at Ferguson's old spot the LINEBACKING looks VERY STRONG...
Lucas looks at 1962 with a critical eye. He attempts a serious examination of the era's inner dynamic. He is not always successful here, but after the corn of The Summer of '42, the effort is appreciated...